Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics in HTLV-1/2 positive and negative patients.
| HTLV + | HTLV – | Odds Ratio (CI 95%) |
P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| Age (years) | > 24 | 10 (83%) | 856 (53%) | 4.44 (1.07–29.84) | 0.03* |
| ≤ 24 | 2 (17%) | 760 (47%) | |||
| Ethnicity | White | 9 (75%) | 1,127 (70%) | 0.78 (0.21–2.89) | 0.49 |
| Non-white | 3 (25%) | 482 (30%) | |||
| Schooling (years) | ≥ 10 | 8 (67%) | 1,069 (63%) | 0.98 (0.29–3.28) | 0.61 |
| < 10 | 4 (33%) | 543 (37%) | |||
| Marital status | Married | 7 (58%) | 1,071 (67%) | 0.70 (0.22–2.22) | 0.54 |
| Others | 5 (42%) | 537 (33%) | |||
|
Household income (mw) |
< 2 | 6 (50%) | 817 (51%) | 0.98 (0.31–3.04) | 0.97 |
| ≥ 2 | 6 (50%) | 799 (49%) | |||
| Place of birth | RJ | 10 (83%) | 1,412 (87%) | 1.38 (0.30–6.36) | 0.46 |
| Others | 2 (17%) | 204 (13%) |
CI, confidence interval. mw, minimum wage.
* statistically significant.